Non-refillable bottle.



Patented Nov. 27,4900..

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NON-REFILLABLE BUTTLE,

(Applxcatxon filed Apr 26 1900 BEI?? (No Modal) Nitti-3D arnnir trier.,

ROBERT H. NEWSOM, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

NON-REFILLBLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,806, dated November 27, 1900.

Application filed April 26, 1900.

To @ZZ whom, it 'ITI/tty] concern:

Beit known that I, ROBERT H. NnwsoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Rellable Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and more particularly to that type of bottles which after they have once been filled and their contents decanted cannot be refilled without affording evidence of detection.

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle of this character which shall be simple of construction and inexpensive of production.

IVith thisobject in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved bottle. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the neck, the valve being removed. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective-view of the valve. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the stopper-shield. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View on line y y of Fig. 5, and Eig. '7 is a vertical sectional view on line .a a of Fig. 5.

Referring to said drawings, l denotes a bottle the body of which is provided in its side with a recess 2, having a filling-aperture 3.

vAt a point opposite the recess 2 is formed a smaller recess 4.

5 denotes the neck of the bottle, which in its manufacture is made in two pieces d and Z), and after the valve has been placed in said neck these parts d and are secured together in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by melting the adjacent ends of the neck.

6 denotes the valve-seat formed in the portion b of the neck and provided with recesses 7.

S denotes a liquid -outlet which projects from one side of the section a of the neck and is adapted to be closed by a stopper 9.

l0 denotes a socket in the upper end of the section c of the neck, and Il denotes a valve Serial No. 14,429. (No model.)

having prongs or lingers l2, that register with the recesses in the valvelseat and iit therein when the valve is seated on its seat. 13 denotes a stem secured to said valve and having it-s upper end projecting into the socket l0, by means of which the valve is guided in its movement. The valve engages the inner wall of the neck of the bottle as it moves up and down, and is thus supported and guided in its movement, thereby preventing the breakage of the valve-stem if made of glass, or bending if made of metal, incident to the jars or shocks to which the bottles are oftentimes subject-ed in decanting the spirits therefrom over a bar. As the periphery or outer edge of the valve is in engagement with the inner wall of the bottle-neck it follows that some provision must be made to allow the contents of the bottle to be decanted. To that end I recess the periphery of the valve to form prongs which engage corresponding recesses in the valve-seat, so that when said valve is seated the neck of the bottle will be closed and when unseated the contents of the bottle may be discharged through the valveseat and between the prongs of the valve out through the mouth of the bottle. If desired, I may provide the valve-stem 13 with a weight, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. 4,) which Weight is designed to assist the action of the valve in its movements up and down.

14 denotes a barde-plate arranged between the outlet 8 and the main passage of the bottle-neck and is for the purpose of preventing tampering with the Valve-stem.

l5 denotes a metallic plate which is adapted to 'lit in the recess 2 in theside ot' the bottlc and shield the stopper 3. Over this metallic plate is adapted to be placed the usual paper label. The plate l5 is provided with two apertures 16 lo, one arranged above the other in line therewith and having the intervening portion between the apertures bulged outwardly. The plate is also provided near its end with apertures 17, in a horizontal line with each other, with the material between the apertures bulged outwardly.

19 denotes a wire which is wound once around the neck of the bottle and may be then twisted together. The ends of the Wire are threaded through the apertures 1G I6 and IOO then separated, one end leading to the right and passing through the apertures 17 at that end of the plate and the other end leading to the left and passing through the apertures 17 at that end of the plate. The free ends of the wire are now wrapped around the bottle and their ends twisted together and pressed into the recess 4, where they may, if desired, be securely connected in any suitable manner, or, if desired, may be, as shown, sealed by cement or waX, (shown at 18.) As before stated, the label of the bottle is adapted to be pasted overthe plate 15,and thus entirely conceal the same.

In use when it is desired to decant the contents of the bottle it is tilted in the usual manner, thus allowing` the valve 11 to drop from its seat and the liquid to pass through the valve-seat and valve outthrough the discharge-opening 8. When the bottle is righted, the valve falls to its seat, and thereby prevents the introduction of liquid therein. After the goods have been decanted from the bottle it will be impossible to reiill the bottle except by filling it through the aperture 3. Access to this aperture cannot be had unless the plate orshield 15 is removed,and to remove this plate or shield 15 from over the aperture would necessitate the breaking of the label on the bottle. This therefore indicates to the public that the bottle has been tampered With and serves as a warning to them that it has been refilled.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my improved non-rellable bottle will be readily apparent without requiring an extended explanation. It will be seen that the device is simple of construction, that said construction permits of its manufacture at small cost, and that it is exceedingly well ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of.

this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combination with a neck provided with a dischargeopening in its side, of a baffle-plate arranged between the discharge-opening and the main passage through the neck, a valve-seat form ed in the neck provided with recesses, a valve located in said neck and of the same diameter as the neck and provided with prongs adapted to fit in said recesses when the valve is seated on its seat, and a guide-stem connected to said valve and projecting into a socket in the upper end of the neck, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a non-reillable bottle provided with a valve operating to allow the discharge of a liquid through the neck of the bott-le and to prevent its introduction into the bottle through the neck, said bottle being provided with a filling-aperture in its side, of a stopper to close said fillingaperture, a shield to cover said stopper, and a wire wound around the neck, passed through the shield, and Wound around the bottle to securethe shield over the stopper, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROBERT H. NEWSOM.

Witnesses:

BENJ. E. CovvL,

PHILIP F. LARNER. 

